We are always at threat for the next pandemic. These viruses exist out in nature. As people go out in nature they get infected and then move their way back into humans. If we were to imagine the origins of covid19 as a movie, it would begin at the end of the contagion movie. Exactly that process of bulldozing down the forest, bats flying off infecting livestock that then we get infected. That happens every day, every week. Thats how these things begin. With yuhaith you wuhan is a majn the wildlife trade pathway. Its close to hot spot areas for new coronaviruses. Ever since the covid pandemic hit, weve been trying to determine if anybody knew anything about a contagion sweeping through wuhan last fall and when did they know it. Researchers looked at Satellite Photos of wuhan hospitals in october of 2019. And what they show are packed parking lots. All those red dots are cars. And we took those photos and we put em next to october of 2018. Mirror images. And you can clearly see in some t
Minutes of this american Artifacts Program by going to cspan. Org and searching stonewall riots. Right now we go live to capitol hill for a Senate Foreign relations hearing on the Coronavirus Response and what the u. S. Is doing to prepare for future Global Pandemics. The hearing will focus on senate bill 3829 with senator murphy and i have introduced. Its written on paper, not on stone, which well talk about a little bit in the future here. This is an important endeavor that this committee is going to take up, indeed. Probably one of the weightiest matters that well deal with as we attempt to create a new shield to prevent a covid virus type attack be from happening again. The covid19 Global Pandemic has reaffirmed what weve long known and that is Infectious Diseases, particularly those of viral nature, do not respect borders. Theyre a threat anywhere, its a threat everywhere. Weve been right here to focus on our domestic response to this pandemic, but we ignore the spread overseas at
World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who have symptoms cant get tested. Well now we have new insight into how testing got off to such a slow start here in the u. S. Karen caifa has more. President trump says a few states are ready to ope businesses within the next week we continue to see a number of positive signs. The virus has passed its peak. The president pointing to vermont and montana and texas where the governor says a phased reopen
Disease yet when people are hundreds of passengers continue most contagious. Do we have any sense though to disembark from the grand at this point about how much princess cruise ship. More contagious the coronavirus is compared with other viruses, all are headed to quarantine but not all will be tested for lets say the seasonal flu . The coronavirus. Some will just be monitored. So it seems to be a little bit more transmissible than the seasonal flu. A little bit more contagious, but its unclear. To keep in mind the big difference between it and the reporter a lot more people today got to make their final seasonal flu is that for the journey to their final quarantine of two weeks. Coronavirus, everybody is and then they can finally call susceptible. Its like you have its like their home home. A forest fire. And for a disease, the fuel, every day the passenger population of the grand princess dwindles as more what would be the dry turned for the fire, is the people who people leave the
Over parts of the brazilian city of Rio De Janeiro. And in sport nascar driver ryan newman survives a horror crush at the daytona 500 race the american has serious but no not life threatening injuries after this final lap collision. Its 10 g. M. T. And we begin this news hour in china where the head of a Major Hospital the center of the corona Virus Outbreak and one hon has died of the disease. The director of which on hospital died early this morning hes the 7th Frontline Health worker to die of the virus and total the corona virus has killed more than 1800 people with over 70000 people infected in china alone 98 of them died in the last 24 hours mainly in who by province. The outbreak is hitting the economy hard so Chinas Finance Ministry will now offer Tax Exemptions on nearly 700 u. S. Products including medical equipment lets go live now to katrina you who is in beijing for us katrina Health Workers a pouring into china and going door to door and well hunt whats the latest. Thats